Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Twin Cities Area
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown